Descent Glacier
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Descent Glacier is a short, steep glacier
between Briggs Hill
and Condit Glacier
, flowing northwest from Descent Pass
into Ferrar Glacier
, in Victoria Land
. So named because of the adventurous descent made here by the party led by Armitage of the Discovery expedition, 1901-04. The name seems to have been first used on maps of the British Antarctic Expedition
, 1910-13.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
between Briggs Hill
Briggs Hill
Briggs Hill is a conspicuous ice-free hill, high, standing on the south side of Ferrar Glacier between Descent Glacier and Overflow Glacier in Victoria Land. It was charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Scott, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for...
and Condit Glacier
Condit Glacier
Condit Glacier is a glacier at the east side of Cathedral Rocks, flowing north into the Ferrar Glacier of Victoria Land. It was charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Robert Falcon Scott, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for Lieutenant John C....
, flowing northwest from Descent Pass
Descent Pass
Descent Pass is a pass leading from Blue Glacier to Ferrar Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was so named by the party led by Armitage of the Discovery expedition because of the adventurous descent to Ferrar Glacier made here via Descent Glacier in 1902....
into Ferrar Glacier
Ferrar Glacier
The Ferrar Glacier is an Antarctic glacier about long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land west of the Royal Society Range to New Harbour in McMurdo Sound. The glacier makes a right turn northeast of Knobhead, where it is apposed, i.e., joined in Siamese-twin fashion, to Taylor Glacier...
, in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. So named because of the adventurous descent made here by the party led by Armitage of the Discovery expedition, 1901-04. The name seems to have been first used on maps of the British Antarctic Expedition
Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition , officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Scott and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, to find that a Norwegian team led by Roald...
, 1910-13.